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first lady michelle obama will address the gathering. on wednesday, former president bill clinton will deliver the nominating address. and then president barack obama will speak on thursday. but the convention is hearing other voices as well. >> occupy wall street protesters streamed past the corporate red quarters of wells fargo and bank of america. meanwhile obama's republican rival is enjoying a bit of a bounce after the gop convention last week. mitt romney has closed a 4 percentage point gap and the men are now deadlocked at 45% each. >> obama heads to the convention with big goals. regain some momentum and mute the gop message that obama made big promises and delivered few results. take a license. >> president obama promised to begin to slow the rise of the ocean oceans. [ laughter ] and to heal the planet. my promise is to help you and your family. [ cheers and applause ] >> senior congressional correspondent is in charlotte ahead of tomorrow's start of the dnc. now the democrats get the big stage. how will the democrats' message
first lady michelle obama will address the gathering. on wednesday, former president bill clinton will deliver the nominating address. and then president barack obama will speak on thursday. but the convention is hearing other voices as well. >> occupy wall street protesters streamed past the corporate red quarters of wells fargo and bank of america. meanwhile obama's republican rival is enjoying a bit of a bounce after the gop convention last week. mitt romney has closed a 4 percentage...
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obama... tuvo el impacto en su campaÑa de reelecciÓn es una copia de una pintura francesa que es como alabanza del feminismo, sin embargo, crÍticos aseguran que la imagen es racista y consideran que es de mal gusto que la asocien a la esclavitud. >> y como mencionamos aparato osos accidentes en varios espectÁculos en fin de semana festivo hicieron estremecer a los espectadores, giuly ferrer con las impactantes imÁgenes. >> (♪). >> mientras disfrutaban de una popular carrera de camionetas, 4x4 en oregon estos espectadores vivieron momentos de pÁnico en pleno show perdiÓ el control y em beso tÍo a parte de una tribuna del pÚblico, solo tres personas resultaron heridas. >> se registrÓ otro desastre pero esta vez en el aire, el accidente ocurriÓ cuando tres jets volaban en fila y de repente. >> (en inglÉs). >> el horror reinÓ en el cielo ante la mirada atÓnita de cientos de personas, el piloto tratÓ de hacer una maniobra complicada perdiÓ el control y se estrellÓ en picado. >> i
obama... tuvo el impacto en su campaÑa de reelecciÓn es una copia de una pintura francesa que es como alabanza del feminismo, sin embargo, crÍticos aseguran que la imagen es racista y consideran que es de mal gusto que la asocien a la esclavitud. >> y como mencionamos aparato osos accidentes en varios espectÁculos en fin de semana festivo hicieron estremecer a los espectadores, giuly ferrer con las impactantes imÁgenes. >> (♪). >> mientras disfrutaban de una popular...
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michelle obama is supposed to walk across the stage in a couple of minutes from now. in three days, the convention will move down the road to the stadium which is the bank of america stadium. it is bigger and seats about 50,000 more people. that is where the president will deliver his prime time speech to the nation. the task? make the case for another four years despite the sluggish economy and high unemployment rate. on this labor day they are trying to remind voters the president inherited an economic mess. he did. but the numbers present tough odds. no president since roosevelt has won re-election with unemployment above 7.2 percent. the rate now is 8.3 percent. and mitt romney is gaining ground in key swing states, including here in north carolina. we will start off with mike emanuel. there is backlash from a key democratic constituency for holding the democratic national convention here. we are lacking in union workers here. >>reporter: north carolina is the right-to-work state. the union membership here in north carolina is the lowest by percentage in the count
michelle obama is supposed to walk across the stage in a couple of minutes from now. in three days, the convention will move down the road to the stadium which is the bank of america stadium. it is bigger and seats about 50,000 more people. that is where the president will deliver his prime time speech to the nation. the task? make the case for another four years despite the sluggish economy and high unemployment rate. on this labor day they are trying to remind voters the president inherited...
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obama here this afternoon during "studio b" checking out the stage. former president bill clinton set to peek wednesday night and then thursday, the whole thing moves to bank of america stadium for president obama's acceptance speech. ed state yum does not have a dome. pretty good chance of thunderstorms. mike emanuel is here in charlotte. pretty good reason to worry about the weather based on the deluge we had this afternoon. >> that's right, shep. we have had really big thunderstorms in recent days, including a doosie today at an outdoor festival for delegates and for the public. weather clearly was a factor. in fact, north carolina's own james taylor, the headliner at an event this afternoon was playing and trying to get through the driving rain, did his very best to try to power through and instruments. in driving rain with thunder and lightning the plug was eventually pulled on his show. obviously it would be a much bigger deal if such a weather factor happened during the president's speech, shep. >> shepard: sure it would. he has seen fire and r
obama here this afternoon during "studio b" checking out the stage. former president bill clinton set to peek wednesday night and then thursday, the whole thing moves to bank of america stadium for president obama's acceptance speech. ed state yum does not have a dome. pretty good chance of thunderstorms. mike emanuel is here in charlotte. pretty good reason to worry about the weather based on the deluge we had this afternoon. >> that's right, shep. we have had really big...
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. >>> michelle obama will arrive in charlotte today, a day before the democratic national convention begins. the first lady is scheduled to speak tomorrow night at the convention. she's expected to speak wednesday at the african-american and hispanic caucuses and attend 100 chon who honors officials who are gay, lesbian, or transgendered. many delegates arrived yesterday to check out their seats at the time warner arena. >>> can't complain, virginia delegates are pleased with where they are going to be sitting. their seats right on the floor of the arena. that means you will probably be seeing them when you watch the convention on television. they say it's just goes to show how important the common wealth will be in the coming months. >> wow, we are key battle ground s state, so we are receive aggregate deal of attention. >> delegates from the district and maryland which are both heavily democratic, not so lucky. their seats are in the back of the arena. >>> our own jim vance want to remind you he and tom sherwood are in charlotte for the democratic national convention and will be li
. >>> michelle obama will arrive in charlotte today, a day before the democratic national convention begins. the first lady is scheduled to speak tomorrow night at the convention. she's expected to speak wednesday at the african-american and hispanic caucuses and attend 100 chon who honors officials who are gay, lesbian, or transgendered. many delegates arrived yesterday to check out their seats at the time warner arena. >>> can't complain, virginia delegates are pleased with...
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we'll hear from a number of people this week including michelle obama, vice president biden, the mayor of los angeles, and of course in the end president obama himself accepting the nomination here but that's on thursday. first the president is continuing to tour battleground states, he was in colorado yesterday hitting hard on the republicans and their convention in tampa saying they promised but did not deliver new solutions. also, the president today to ohio where he will spend labor day with union workers. then he's making a stop where he will go to louisiana and going to tour st. john the baptist parish. and then he'll make a statement as well. meantime, republicans set up here also to give their rebuttal to the convention throughout the week. we expect them to be focusing on what they say will be their key questions, are you better off now than you were four years ago? we are live in charlotte, north carolina, i'm tracie potts for "today in the bay." >> that is a big question. tracie potts, thank you. >> and the big question to also think about is what's on the menu for the labor
we'll hear from a number of people this week including michelle obama, vice president biden, the mayor of los angeles, and of course in the end president obama himself accepting the nomination here but that's on thursday. first the president is continuing to tour battleground states, he was in colorado yesterday hitting hard on the republicans and their convention in tampa saying they promised but did not deliver new solutions. also, the president today to ohio where he will spend labor day...
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gerri: can michelle obama's speak as well? >> i don't know. she is an impressive woman. her remarks will be well received. she is not a newcomer. it is not the first time people have heard from her as they did ann romney. gerri: thank you for helping us out. the first hand account of the mission killing osama bin laden under fire from the pentagon. it reported the contradicts the official story told from that peppermint saying bin laden was shot whether or not he was armed. lis wiehl breaks it down. it is a huge debate. the pentagon says it cannot do this. >> he has the first amendment right but he was a member of the government, the seals and you sign off on the confidential waiver that he will not uncover classified affirmation. the pentagon will say you uncover classified information. another exception is he said day he wed run it by the pentagon and he did not. gerri: reuters cannot with a new story now the pentagon is not sure they can prove their case. and the attorney says it is not clear what he had to do. >> if he signed an nondisclosure doesn't survive? you can
gerri: can michelle obama's speak as well? >> i don't know. she is an impressive woman. her remarks will be well received. she is not a newcomer. it is not the first time people have heard from her as they did ann romney. gerri: thank you for helping us out. the first hand account of the mission killing osama bin laden under fire from the pentagon. it reported the contradicts the official story told from that peppermint saying bin laden was shot whether or not he was armed. lis wiehl...
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and first lady michelle obama testing of the podium today. she was on the floor of the time warner are rina practicing her speech that she will be delivering tomorrow night. take a look here. [no audio] >> some of the media taking a look as michelle obama checks out where she will deliver her speech. also, betsy white might take that podium as well. changed or is circulating a petition for the 90-year-old actors to appear as a counter to clint eastwood's address at the republican convention. a look at the streets of charlotte, north carolina, just outside of the sites. this is carolinafest. just a few blocks away from where the speakers will be gathered tomorrow. >> people enjoying the carolinafest. we will have our cameras looking at the stream on the ground. the democratic convention, of course, begins tomorrow. the presentation of the parti's platform to kick things off. the delegates have a final vote on the platform. we will have a video address from former-president, jimmy carter. on wednesday, a elizabeth warren is one of the speakers
and first lady michelle obama testing of the podium today. she was on the floor of the time warner are rina practicing her speech that she will be delivering tomorrow night. take a look here. [no audio] >> some of the media taking a look as michelle obama checks out where she will deliver her speech. also, betsy white might take that podium as well. changed or is circulating a petition for the 90-year-old actors to appear as a counter to clint eastwood's address at the republican...
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he'll be joined by the first lady michelle obama and former president jimmy carter via video. wednesday, bill clinton, the president's new bff, and thursday, joe biden and president obama accept the party's nomination and speak to the future. other big speakers this week include elizabeth warren, harris, john kerry, rahm emanuel, sandra fluke. we start with steve kornacki in charlotte with an adoring crowd behind him. as much in love with steve as we are. how about that, you're a rock star, brother. >> it's not just me. it's you too. i feel like lee corso on game day with this giant crowd behind me. i need head gear to put on later or something, but you can tell, i think, from the reaction of the crowd behind me, there is, i'm picking up walking around here today and talking to people, a lot of optimism among the democrats here. i think it comes from what you just mentioned, toure, the polling right now coming off the republican convention last week suggests a minimal at best bounce for mitt romney so i think there's a sense from democrats things didn't go the way republicans
he'll be joined by the first lady michelle obama and former president jimmy carter via video. wednesday, bill clinton, the president's new bff, and thursday, joe biden and president obama accept the party's nomination and speak to the future. other big speakers this week include elizabeth warren, harris, john kerry, rahm emanuel, sandra fluke. we start with steve kornacki in charlotte with an adoring crowd behind him. as much in love with steve as we are. how about that, you're a rock star,...
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featured speakers tuesday night include julian castro and first lady michelle obama. and elizabeth warren on wednesday and former president bill clinton. thursday, vice-president joe biden and president barack obama. use our convention have to make ensure video clips. >> in the end, that is what this election is about. do we participate in the politics of cynicism, or do we participate in the politics of hope? john kerry calls on us to hope. john edwards calls us to hope. i'm not talking about blind optimism. the almost willful ignorance that thinks, women will go away if we'd just do not think about it or health-care prices will -- the health care crisis will solve itself. >> carry your own opinion and connect with other viewers with twitter and google hangouts. convention how bad c-span -- hub at c-span.org/campaign2012. >> networks are of increasing consequence. it is driving political movement, the backbone for communications and commerce and so for us, it is a tool but it is an important tool. we use it for communications, we have 288 facebook pages with 13 milli
featured speakers tuesday night include julian castro and first lady michelle obama. and elizabeth warren on wednesday and former president bill clinton. thursday, vice-president joe biden and president barack obama. use our convention have to make ensure video clips. >> in the end, that is what this election is about. do we participate in the politics of cynicism, or do we participate in the politics of hope? john kerry calls on us to hope. john edwards calls us to hope. i'm not talking...
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earlier today on the convention floor, first a michelle obama tt the podium. she is scheduled to speak at 10:35 p.m. eastern time tomorrow. take a look here. [no audio] >> the first lady checking out her podium where she will deliver her speech. thursday, she will be with the vice president's wife as a women's conference. it is also possible we will see betty white at this podium. politico reports that changed or is circulating a petition for the 90-year-old actress to counter clint eastwood's address at the republican convention. delegates -- the oldest delegate born in 1914. the youngest born in 1994. a few delegates sent us their bid to greetings. >> i am from missouri and i'm here to support president obama because i feel he has the experience and the intellect that it takes to get the job done for america. >> i am from illinois. i want to cast my vote for barack obama so he can continue the work that he started four years ago. >> i m here because i am supporting a visionary inclusive america looking forward rather than back. >> i am from of vermont. i'm s
earlier today on the convention floor, first a michelle obama tt the podium. she is scheduled to speak at 10:35 p.m. eastern time tomorrow. take a look here. [no audio] >> the first lady checking out her podium where she will deliver her speech. thursday, she will be with the vice president's wife as a women's conference. it is also possible we will see betty white at this podium. politico reports that changed or is circulating a petition for the 90-year-old actress to counter clint...
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. >>> ann dijo que en contraste con michelle obama si es primera dama, que dedicÓ el puesto a la salud. ella se dedicarÍa al cÁncer y esclerosis mÚltiple, ella sufrio ♪. una nota final comenzando maÑana marÍa elena salinas desde charlotte, carolina del norte, sede de la convenciÓn democrata, el "noticiero univisiÓn" tendrÁ una cobertura, un programa especial el jueves, cuando el presidente obama acepte la nominaciÓn para la reeleccion, nos vamos, recuerde, puede ver nuestra entrevistas y videos en univisiÓn noticias. com, hasta la prÓxima semana, cuando juntos vayamos al punto, gracias. ♪ .
. >>> ann dijo que en contraste con michelle obama si es primera dama, que dedicÓ el puesto a la salud. ella se dedicarÍa al cÁncer y esclerosis mÚltiple, ella sufrio ♪. una nota final comenzando maÑana marÍa elena salinas desde charlotte, carolina del norte, sede de la convenciÓn democrata, el "noticiero univisiÓn" tendrÁ una cobertura, un programa especial el jueves, cuando el presidente obama acepte la nominaciÓn para la reeleccion, nos vamos, recuerde, puede...
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michelle obama will lead it off next week in charlotte for her husband. i happen to believe, and you know the kind of family in which i have been raised, i'm living with all women, and i have been witness to this both in my wife and my daughters and now my grand daughters, i think this is the century of women. i really do believe that. >> hooray! >> there's going to be more gains made by more women across every part of our lives. cultural, political, and economic. and i think that there is even among some republican women out there, that that party doesn't quite buy into that yet. i mean, there are extraordinary achievements made by nikki haley and condi rice and everyone else. but the real issue on this campaign, for women, will be will social issues, or economic issues, will one trump the other? because the social issues are very important to women. it's their bodies, their lives, they feel that it's not entirely embraced by the republican party. that's my own judgment. >> understanding, mr. speaker, the difference between todd akin talking about rape,
michelle obama will lead it off next week in charlotte for her husband. i happen to believe, and you know the kind of family in which i have been raised, i'm living with all women, and i have been witness to this both in my wife and my daughters and now my grand daughters, i think this is the century of women. i really do believe that. >> hooray! >> there's going to be more gains made by more women across every part of our lives. cultural, political, and economic. and i think that...
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jon: we have michelle obama on night number one. bill clinton on night number two. then we move to the stadium. 77,000 you think. martha: hopefully no thunderstorms. bill: enjoy your families today have a gait barbecue. happy lable about day to you. martha: happy labor day to you at home. "happening now" starts right now. jon: gearing up for the democratic national convention on this labor day. good morning i'm jon scott. jenna: hi, i'm jenna lee. we're live on the convention floor where democrats are descending on charlotte where this week they will renominate president obama for a second term. the president and vice president aren't quite there yet. campaigning in a few other battleground states among other things. but the gop vice-presidential nominee is in north carolina. paul ryan is set to hold a rally roughly two hours from now. host city charlotte celebrating labor day with a festival in the heart of all the convention activity. wendell goler is live in the thick of it all with more for us. hi, there, wendell. >> reporter: hi, jenna. this is how the democrat
jon: we have michelle obama on night number one. bill clinton on night number two. then we move to the stadium. 77,000 you think. martha: hopefully no thunderstorms. bill: enjoy your families today have a gait barbecue. happy lable about day to you. martha: happy labor day to you at home. "happening now" starts right now. jon: gearing up for the democratic national convention on this labor day. good morning i'm jon scott. jenna: hi, i'm jenna lee. we're live on the convention floor...
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obama will be speaking on tuesday, wednesday, elizabeth warren, giving the nominating speech for the president. one of the keynotes is former president bill clinton and the roll call of states and vote on presidential nominations will happen on wednesday, then on thursday, senator john kerry of massachusetts, vice president obama, and barack obama will be accepting the nomination for president on thursday night, again, all live, gavel to gavel coverage on c-span. >>> next call comes from oklahoma city, oklahoma. tanya, you say yes you will be supporting the president still. why? caller: yes. i will be supporting the president, sir. because during the economic crisis, where so many jobs were lost, people not only lost their jobs, their income , they lost their health care, and when you lose your health care, if you become sick, it's hard to find health care with preexisting conditions it's hard for you to afford health care. if you want to get that cobra plan, it's exorbitant, it's high, and so what he did was a phenomenal job, because not only did he stabilize the financial community
obama will be speaking on tuesday, wednesday, elizabeth warren, giving the nominating speech for the president. one of the keynotes is former president bill clinton and the roll call of states and vote on presidential nominations will happen on wednesday, then on thursday, senator john kerry of massachusetts, vice president obama, and barack obama will be accepting the nomination for president on thursday night, again, all live, gavel to gavel coverage on c-span. >>> next call comes...
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>> reporter: first lady michelle obama arrives here in charlotte today. and last week she told david letterman she hopes americans tune in to the conventions because, rob and paula, she said that's when the campaign begins. >> though she admitted she didn't watch the rnc at all. >> true. >> she knows what they're going to say. >> karen, question for you. obama and biden really burning up the frequent flyer miles during the battleground states. what's on the agenda today? >> they really want to steal back the spotlight. biden in michigan today. a critical state for them. the president in ohio today. he is going there, a state they're paying a lot of attention to. both campaigns are really pouring a lot of resources in. but rob, you will like this one, he will have a little detour, heading down to louisiana later today. he is going to meet with officials there to survey the flood damage and get a briefing on how things are going. chance for him to look presidential, but rob, paula, remember, mitt romney did it last week. he beat him to it when he went down
>> reporter: first lady michelle obama arrives here in charlotte today. and last week she told david letterman she hopes americans tune in to the conventions because, rob and paula, she said that's when the campaign begins. >> though she admitted she didn't watch the rnc at all. >> true. >> she knows what they're going to say. >> karen, question for you. obama and biden really burning up the frequent flyer miles during the battleground states. what's on the agenda...
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obama may be about to do a walk-through of the arena. meanwhile, a half a world away we're learning of some major terror arrests in india. members of the group tied to the horrific mumbai attack four years ago may have been planning new attacks. a live report. >>> and a frightening scene at a monster truck rally here in the u.s. we have more of this scary video to show you coming up. jenna: well, to holiday for politics and no holiday for the team of "happening now." jon: that's right. jenna: and we're willing to not have a holiday. jon: happy to be here today. [laughter] jenna: we really are, because it is a big week ahead. democrats and republicans hitting the campaign trail, north carolina's gearing up for the democratic national convention. it is their turn this week, the democrats. we're glad your with us on this labor day, i'm jenna lee. jon: plus we get free barbecue lunch down the hallway. jenna: do we? jon: i think we do. [laughter] the president addressing a rally of united autoworkers in toledo, ohio, before heading to louisia
obama may be about to do a walk-through of the arena. meanwhile, a half a world away we're learning of some major terror arrests in india. members of the group tied to the horrific mumbai attack four years ago may have been planning new attacks. a live report. >>> and a frightening scene at a monster truck rally here in the u.s. we have more of this scary video to show you coming up. jenna: well, to holiday for politics and no holiday for the team of "happening now." jon:...
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michelle obama will arrive in charlotte today a day before the democratic national convention begins. she's scheduled to speak tomorrow night at the convention and she's expected to speak wednesday at the african-american and hispanic caucuses and attend a luncheon that honors elected officials that honors elected officials gay, lesbi now sink your teeth into that big n' toasted if you're ready to soar. good. exits are here, here, and here. a big day calls for the big n' toasted breakfast sandwich. grab yours at dunkin' donuts. >>> from now until early afternoon will be the driest part of your day. veronica johnson here. your temperature is 79 degrees now with calm winds throughout the area. we have lingering showers around clarksville and stony run and more coming through around stafford county down to the south. fredericksburg getting wet. 80 to 84 degrees your high temperature today with rain heavy at times as we're expecting some afternoon thunderstorms. 83 is the high today, 85 to 86 tuesday and wednesday. richard. >> all right, ver >>> back now with more of "today" this monday m
michelle obama will arrive in charlotte today a day before the democratic national convention begins. she's scheduled to speak tomorrow night at the convention and she's expected to speak wednesday at the african-american and hispanic caucuses and attend a luncheon that honors elected officials that honors elected officials gay, lesbi now sink your teeth into that big n' toasted if you're ready to soar. good. exits are here, here, and here. a big day calls for the big n' toasted breakfast...
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i think michelle obama in all sorts of ways. so i think what the trend here is that as we get closer and closer to the current time, first ladies have a big influence on their husbands. >> host: what was mamie eisenhower's role? >> guest: she said, she used to say i was invited -- in eight years i was in to value office, four times, all four times i was invited. one way their marriage worked was they really did not discuss, you know, nuclear weapons policy or, you know, she felt there was a division of labor, and they actually had quite a good marriage, but it did not rest on being political partners. >> host: did bess truman hate being first lady as much as it seems? >> guest: i don't think it -- i think she protested too much a little bit. although at the very beginning she went right back to independence and did not come back for a long time, and it was very upsetting to her husband. she did not give press conferences. she was very private. one source of this was when harry truman was about to be named vice president,1944 in
i think michelle obama in all sorts of ways. so i think what the trend here is that as we get closer and closer to the current time, first ladies have a big influence on their husbands. >> host: what was mamie eisenhower's role? >> guest: she said, she used to say i was invited -- in eight years i was in to value office, four times, all four times i was invited. one way their marriage worked was they really did not discuss, you know, nuclear weapons policy or, you know, she felt...
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michelle obama will also be speaking. wednesday night, during the day, day two, elizabeth warren will be doing the nominating speech. and former president bill clinton will have a keynote address. there will be a roll call of states, voted on the nominees. thursday, the nominees will accept the nomination. vice-president biden, president obama, and john kerry will also be speaking. that is the three-day convention coming up from charlotte. as always, when there are convention going on, there are lots of things going on with them. all sorts of events around these conventions, and coming up, we want to show you one that we covered yesterday. this is sponsored by the "charlotte observer" and the university of north carolina. there was discussion on politics and the 2012 election. judy woodruff posted this -- hosted this. >> i saw so many people in the room taking notes. think you'll be swarmed with people asking questions and looking at not only the website and thumb drive and anything else they can get their hands on for in
michelle obama will also be speaking. wednesday night, during the day, day two, elizabeth warren will be doing the nominating speech. and former president bill clinton will have a keynote address. there will be a roll call of states, voted on the nominees. thursday, the nominees will accept the nomination. vice-president biden, president obama, and john kerry will also be speaking. that is the three-day convention coming up from charlotte. as always, when there are convention going on, there...
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i saw michele bachmann and herman cain. >> yeah. this was, if anything, tampa was a celebration of republican unity but joe is right that for every convention when you have a challenger who has gone through a primary you do have to go through this process. let's not forget in 2008 at the democratic convention 40% of democrats still wanted hillary clinton to be their nominee. >> that's right. >> that was significant division. and obviously it didn't really hurt barack obama all that much. bill: to both of you in the 30 seconds left, todd, does this make a difference and how much of a difference united versus divided or division or unity however you want to define it, how does that play out in '64 days? >> it would make a significant difference if it were true but it is not true. the fact is republicans are overwhelmingly united behind mitt romney. democrats are overwhelmingly united behind barack obama. bill: joe, give you the last word. >> whatever divisions there are they will be unified by the republican urge to defeat barack obam
i saw michele bachmann and herman cain. >> yeah. this was, if anything, tampa was a celebration of republican unity but joe is right that for every convention when you have a challenger who has gone through a primary you do have to go through this process. let's not forget in 2008 at the democratic convention 40% of democrats still wanted hillary clinton to be their nominee. >> that's right. >> that was significant division. and obviously it didn't really hurt barack obama all...
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after graduation, he married michele robinson, another harvard trained lawyer. they met when she served as his mentor during a summer law firm internship. >> she's very much a partner to her husband in their relationship. she's a very accomplished person, thoughtful, and she has strong opinions about things. >> the couple made their home in chicago, where barack taught constitutional law, worked on a book about his life and began thinking hard about his m businesses. >> -- ambitions. >> if a point comes where i think i can do more good in a political office than i can doing the things i'm doing now, i might think of that. that time is certainly in the future. >> two years after that interview the future came to life as obama ran for and won a seat in the illinois state senate. even before that run there was something about him that caught people. >> i met barack obama because a friend of mine in chicago named betty lou active in politics called me up in 1992 said i just met the most remarkable young man and i think you ought to meet him. his name is barack obama
after graduation, he married michele robinson, another harvard trained lawyer. they met when she served as his mentor during a summer law firm internship. >> she's very much a partner to her husband in their relationship. she's a very accomplished person, thoughtful, and she has strong opinions about things. >> the couple made their home in chicago, where barack taught constitutional law, worked on a book about his life and began thinking hard about his m businesses. >> --...